Re: Vapedogg223's Got a Brand New Bag! All Organic, High Brix, Nirvana Ice, 49 Plant
Okay, so I thought I’d share a little more about my room and environment.
The room I use was supposed to be only temporary, until my new grow room was ready…that was last year.
The new rooms are going to happen, there’s just issues that keep coming up. I’ve already had to upgrade my home’s electrical service…probably should have been done anyway, but that’s beside the point. Then it was moving gas pipes…anyway, you get the idea.
So this room has actually been gutted down to the studs. Under the panda film is just studs and the building’s sheathing. No insulation means a proper growing environment is somewhat dependent on the climate here. I can however, cope fairly well for most of the year. The dead of summer though, becomes a challenge. Having to deal with this, is one of the main reasons my new rooms will be sealed, and fully climate controlled but, I digress…
I use a Phresh 6” x 24" 550 CFM carbon filter. Room air is pulled through the filter and through a Vortex VTX600, which is a 452 CFM fan, and then pushed through my hood and exhausted into the attic for the warmer months.
Everything is suspended from the ceiling joist. Carabiners make it easy to add or remove wired devices, while keeping everything pretty neat. It also allows for easy take-up or let-off of slack in the wiring when raising or lowering fixtures and devices.
The fan is on a speed controller, and the heat from the lamp is used to help maintain a proper environment in the winter months. When flowering though, it will usually be on full blast, so I can keep the light as low as possible. The timer is there for the colder months as well, once things start warming up and the ladies start stinking up, the fan stays on 24/7. The panda film seals it up enough to easily maintain negative pressure in main grow area.
My ballast is running at 750 Watts right now, and the hood is about 31” above the plants. I’ve singed leaves before, by going too bright, and/or too close, too quickly with new clones, so I’m going to err on the side of caution this time.
I use these Acu-Rite remote thermometer/hygrometer’s for monitoring my various grow areas. They have a switch to select the radio frequency they communicate at, so you can use up to three in the same house. The fact that it displays the day’s high and low temps make it very easy to tell if I have to tweak something in the room, even if I wasn’t there when it happened.
I always have at least one oscillating fan running 24/7, but a second one gets added when plants start to get larger. I also have an electric heater for the additional heat that's needed when the lights are off.
Lastly, I wanted to mention that a while back, I started growing genovese basil alongside my moms... I don't do this because I love fresh pesto...which I do, but I grow it because it has a wonderfully strong smell that actually masks the smell of the sticky-icky! I keep potted basil indoors, throughout the house. If there happens to be some smell from the grow, I've not had anyone that's been visiting that were able to discern the smells from the grow, instead they just comment on how strong the scent of the basil is, and how much they like it!
I never let the basil flower around my ladies though... flavors and aromas of some vegetables and herbs can be effected when pollen from one species comes in contact with the flowers of a similar species. I haven't done any research to determine if that might be the case with cannabis, so I just don't let them flower...usually not a problem since it's really hard to grow flowers from inside my food processor.
Another rule of mine is that no plant enters my grow rooms, that wasn't started in my grow rooms...the same rules apply for basil. The plants I keep in the grow room are started from seed alongside the moms/cuttings.
I love pictures in journals! 
Can't wait to see them as time goes on! Very clean set up, informative, and real nice pictures.
